"Other than feeling he'd been rear-ended on Highway 5 with a clip and a helmet-to-helmet collision,” Turner said, “he felt pretty good.”

If time heals all wounds, the Chargers are going to need a little longer after the Ravens converted a fourth-and-29 Sunday to set up a 16-13 comeback win. The next day, San Diego saw some concerning elements upon film review, including a block Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin delivered on Weddle to cause a concussion.

While a former NFL referee says the team has reason to take issue there, arguably the most concerning part for the Chargers was their own performance.

The defense struggled.

From his own 37-yard line, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco had four receivers running vertical routes. The defense had them covered deep, and before its four-man rush could penetrate the pocket, Flacco dumped a check-off pass to running back Ray Rice a little past the line of scrimmage.

About 15 yards downfield, the Chargers were in position to make the tackle, holding a three-on-one advantage on Rice.

Cornerback Marcus Gilchrist was on the outside, and when Rice veered away from him toward the Ravens sideline, Gilchrist followed rather than keep contain like one would in punt coverage. By the time Rice cut and changed direction toward Gilchrist, the cornerback's momentum was committed. He cut off and collided with linebacker Takeo Spikes; Rice broke past the crowd.

“I know as media you want something more dramatic than the old technique and fundamentals and all of that,” outside linebacker Jarret Johnson said, “but that is what it was. We took bad angles. We didn’t get him boxed in when we had the opportunity to. He got out and did what great players do. He made a great play. He had a huge block, and they got him over the line.”

Yes, the block.

Turner and Weddle weren't a fan of that one. Neither was Jim Daopoulos.

Daopoulos has more than a decade of experience each as an NFL on-field official and supervisor of officials. He currently serves as a correspondent for NBC Sports and an officiating consultant.

Boldin peeled back from his deep route, sprinted toward Weddle and knocked him out from an angle that was ruled to be to Weddle's side — not his back — without making helmet-to-helmet contact.

Daopoulos said, while not sure if there was helmet-to-helmet contact, he would have penalized Boldin.

“It's just such a vicious hit,” Daopoulos said in a phone interview from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “I just think it wasn't a legal hit. It had the potential for a block in the back. It also was a hit on a defenseless player. It kind of fell into a couple of categories. …

“There's not 100 percent evidence that it was an illegal hit. It just didn't look good to me. I was troubled because we try to protect these defenseless players, and he was defenseless coming from that position.”